<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<xml>
<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 1868</title>
<shortdesc>MEDICAID-SAFETY-NET HOSPITALS</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Kam Buckner</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>3/21/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
<synopsistitle></synopsistitle>
<reference>305 ILCS 5/5A-12.7</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Hospital Provider Funding Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to create a pool of funding of at least $50,000,000 annually to be disbursed among safety-net hospitals that maintain perinatal designation from the Department of Public Health, provides that no safety-net hospital eligible for funds shall receive less than $5,000,000 annually.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>1/29/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kam Buckner</action>
<statusdate>1/29/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>1/29/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/25/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/21/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee</action>
</actions>
</xml>
